On January 17, a man went to Savas Liquors in Lakeville to pick up a bag of potato chips and a lottery ticket.
The customer paid for the items, and when he exited the store, he reportedly left the lottery ticket at the checkout counter. Another customer in the establishment noticed the man left his ticket, and they brought it to the attention of the cashier.
A babysitter in Indiana was accused of instructing youngsters on how to snort drugs off a ramen noodle cup lid after the mother came home and saw her children were out cold.
On the evening of June 27, a mother of three children, ages 8, 9, and 15, left her youngsters in the care of a 24-year-old babysitter. The mother planned to retrieve the kids around 5:00 the following evening after she finished work.
The mom returned to the woman’s home as planned, and she was sitting on the front porch when she got there.
A Nevada man is facing charges after allegedly taking part in the theft scam of a casino for over $1 million.
On June 17, someone called the Circa Las Vegas Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas at approximately 4:30 AM and said that they were the owner of the establishment. The caller said he needed $320,000 from the casino vault to make a payment for fire safety equipment.
The cage supervisor was told to deposit the funds into a Bitcoin ATM located at a local Terrible’s gas station. A while later, she was instructed to meet someone she was told was a Circa lawyer at an auto parts store and give them $350,000.
A man in Miami Beach allegedly tried to swipe a Jet Ski from a watercraft business and then shed his clothes before fighting the police and getting punched in the face by an officer.
On June 18, a man went to the beach and walked down the sand to a watercraft business at the sea line.
According to the manager, the man approached one of the Jet Skis and attempted to take it before he intervened and prevented him. He reportedly told the man to get away from the watercraft.
A Florida man was arrested after being accused of stealing nearly $200 worth of merchandise from a Target store and allegedly had a sex toy fall out of his pants while talking to the police.
Just after 5:00 PM on June 19, a man from Palm Coast reportedly visited a local Target store to pick up a few personal items.
When the man went to self-checkout to ring up and pay for the merchandise, someone from the loss prevention department reportedly noticed him scanning the wrong price tags to score a lower price on his goods. He also allegedly wrapped items that were not paid for in other things to try to conceal them. The alleged thief walked out of Target with the products, and the authorities were notified.
Two Florida men were jailed and charged after the police believed they were responsible for a robbery involving the taking of several high-end vehicles and personal items from a private home.
According to reports, early in the morning on June 2, a residence in Parkland was robbed by two men who smashed a glass window to break in.
The home has two garages where the owners store several cars, including a 2020 Lamborghini Urus, 2022 Ferrari F9, 2021 Mercedes AMG GT, 2022 Mercedes Maybach, and a 2022 Dodge Charger Hellcat.
On June 17, a woman went into a Family Dollar Store in Lee County intending to return an item she reportedly purchased from them.
She went to the counter and let the clerk know what she wanted, and she was asked to present a receipt from the initial purchase. The woman said she did not have a receipt, so the employee denied her request for the return.
Two women in Pennsylvania are facing charges after allegedly swiping $2,800 worth of perfume from a Kohl’s store when the police found them at the McDonald’s located in the same shopping center.
On the afternoon of June 14, two 20-year-old women went together to a Kohl’s department store in a Hatfield Township shopping center. According to reports, they were each wearing a face mask while they were in the establishment.
When the women left the store, some of the employees were convinced that they had stolen several bottles of perfume off the shelves. They notified the authorities, and officers from the Hatfield Township Police were dispatched to the shopping center to investigate the claims.
A Florida man was arrested after allegedly robbing a gas station at gunpoint and trying to run away from the authorities when they spotted him.
At approximately 2:30 am on June 12, a man wearing a gray hoodie and a rainbow bandana over his nose and mouth walked into a Marathon gas station market and bought a pack of cigarettes.
The customer used cash for the transaction, and when the register was open, he allegedly pulled a handgun out of his hoodie and pointed it at the cashier. The man reportedly ordered the employee to place the store’s phone, their cell phone, and everything in the register into a bag.
A Florida man with 139 prior felonies who was wanted on a parole violation was arrested after allegedly smashing a car through a condominium, removing his ankle monitor, and diving out the window of an apartment he reportedly burglarized.
At approximately 4:00 am on June 11, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office was notified by 911 informing them that many people had called to report an ongoing incident at the Sandalwood Apartments in Wildwood. According to the callers, a car had smashed into the building, and the driver was breaking into the units in the building.
The authorities rushed to the scene, and they learned the man trapped himself in an apartment on the second floor. Police attempted to coax him outside, but the man refused. Members of SCSO S.W.A.T. and a crisis negotiation team arrived, and they spent several hours trying to de-escalate the situation.
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